Twitter Reacts to Manchester City's Win Against Aston Villa

Manchester City may have had their fans worried for an hour, but they eventually cantered to a 4-0 win over Aston Villa on Wednesday.

Securing the three points takes them to the top of the Premier League table with just one game remaining.

It took City 64 minutes to break the deadlock at the Etihad Stadium, but once Edin Dzeko hit the back of the net, the floodgates opened. The Bosnian scored again before StevanJovetic and Yaya Toure struck at the death.

Toure's goal was the pick of the bunch as he ran a full 50 yards in the dying seconds before slotting home.

The BBC's Guy Mowbray describes the emotions flowing round the Etihad when Toure netted the fourth:

Been sitting right behind Pellegrini. That Toure goal brought the most emotion and biggest smile we've seen from him in England yet

Unsurprisingly, as City move into pole position to win the Premier League title, there has been a certain amount of mockery pointed in the direction of Liverpool, including this creation at the Etihad:

If Manuel Pellegrini's men can now avoid defeat against West Ham on the final day of the season, they will lift the Premier League trophy. Given their rampant performance in the second half on Wednesday, it is hard to see them slipping up against the Hammers.

The defeat does little to affect Aston Villa's season as they are already safe. Paul Lambert's side fall to 15th in the Premier League as Sunderland leap-frog them, but they could finish as high as 12th with a victory at Tottenham on the last day of the campaign.

They'll need to perform much better than they did against City in order to do so.